Local athlete places gold, silver at Invictus Games

RENO, Nev. — A Reno man has returned home, after winning both a Gold and Silver medal in the swimming competition of the Invictus Games in Sydney.

According to his Warrior Games profile from the Wounded Warrior Project, retired Master Sgt. Shanon (Shay) Hampton enlisted in the Air Force in 1992. He was deployed several times for Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom, as well as operations in the Horn of Africa.